41 Erie County Medical Center 1978-Present Team members work to stabilize trauma patients. Photo coutesy Ron Moscati. occupational and physical therapy, nutritional support, respiratory therapy, and rehabilitation medicine. The availability of this expertise is a community resource that serves its members well in time of need.” A study at Johns Hopkins confirmed that hospitals with trauma centers have 25% higher survival rates than those of other hospitals. Because ECMC has the facilities, resources, and special care necessary to diagnose and treat victims of multiple critical injuries and severe burns, the hospital also has a surgical team that specializes in major surgeries. ECMC is a leader in kidney research and transplantation in Western New York. In every department, on every floor, ECMC provides expert care and advanced treatments to all patients. Since the early 1960s, ECMC has continued to create breakthroughs in trauma and emergency care by developing practices, procedures and devices that have since become standards of care now used in hospitals throughout the nation and the world.